[cayugabirds-l] and back to birds - MERLIN, LOONS

2015-11-17 Thread John and Sue Gregoire 
We took a ride to Interlaken this afternoon and checked the waterfront from
Sheldrake to Wyers Point and the cove just north. A total of 59 loons in that 
area.
the very strong southerly chop made picking them out difficult. We're sure there
were many more. Ducks were few and all we found were Bufflehead, Black and 
mallard
in addition to the usual Canada Geese.

Cutting back up to 96 on County Rte 139 we found an adult Blue Jack perched 
atop an
electric pole near the hopyard. Blue Jack an affectionate term for male Merlin. 
This
one was a beauty!

A Cayuga and/or Seneca "pelagic" would be a fun fall/winter cruise.
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Burdett,NY 14818-9626
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] and back to birds - MERLIN, LOONS

2015-11-17 Thread Geo Kloppel 
Hi John, you wrote:
> 
> A Cayuga and/or Seneca "pelagic" would be a fun fall/winter cruise.

Yeah! Fun to dream, anyway.

A few weeks ago I dropped  some friends off at the dock for an Ithaca Boat Tour 
on the HAENDEL. I hadn't previously been up close to that steel-hulled vessel. 
It reminded me of the old LAKE DIVER IV over on Seneca Lake, which used to take 
research parties out weekly in all kinds of winter conditions. Pretty frigid 
sometimes (though there was a good-sized heated cabin)! Seeing the HAENDEL made 
we wonder if anyone has ever approached Ithaca Boat Tours about a winter 
birding charter? 

-Geo
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] and back to birds - MERLIN, LOONS

2015-11-17 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
I did approach them just this fall with this very question. Issue is they 
remove their vessel from the Inlet for the winter in the first week of 
November. Sometime, in the near future, the lake water levels are lowered and 
no deep-hulled vessels can traverse the Cayuga Inlet. Plus, the 
unpredictability of icing in area waterways or harbors, the additional cost of 
keeping a vessel operationally winterized, and the relatively low likelihood of 
tourist usage during the winter months, makes it economically unfeasible to 
keep open for the winter.

There are some operational vessels, but they are small, and often aren’t 
available because their operators depart this area for a warmer clime during 
the winter.

If there were enough interested persons to go out in late October, the cost per 
person for a group of 10-15 would amount to something like $75 per person for a 
chartered 8-hour day – those numbers are probably off a bit, but it was 
something like that.

I can see a very specialized charter after the passage of a very uniquely 
situated hurricane or tropical storm; but it would have to occur prior to them 
pulling the vessel from the water.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

On Nov 17, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Geo Kloppel 
> wrote:

Hi John, you wrote:

A Cayuga and/or Seneca "pelagic" would be a fun fall/winter cruise.

Yeah! Fun to dream, anyway.

A few weeks ago I dropped  some friends off at the dock for an Ithaca Boat Tour 
on the HAENDEL. I hadn't previously been up close to that steel-hulled vessel. 
It reminded me of the old LAKE DIVER IV over on Seneca Lake, which used to take 
research parties out weekly in all kinds of winter conditions. Pretty frigid 
sometimes (though there was a good-sized heated cabin)! Seeing the HAENDEL made 
we wonder if anyone has ever approached Ithaca Boat Tours about a winter 
birding charter?

-Geo
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] and back to birds - MERLIN, LOONS

2015-11-17 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal 
I had arranged one Ithaca 'pelagic' after one of the hurricanes a few, may be 
ten or more years ago. We were looking for Petrels and other pelagic birds. I 
don't remember the boat's name right now. I think Jeff Wells took the picture 
of the boat from East Shore. It should be great to have one more on a very cold 
day when the scoters etc. are migrating. 

Meena 


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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] and back to birds - MERLIN, LOONS

Hi John, you wrote:
> 
> A Cayuga and/or Seneca "pelagic" would be a fun fall/winter cruise.

Yeah! Fun to dream, anyway.

A few weeks ago I dropped  some friends off at the dock for an Ithaca Boat Tour 
on the HAENDEL. I hadn't previously been up close to that steel-hulled vessel. 
It reminded me of the old LAKE DIVER IV over on Seneca Lake, which used to take 
research parties out weekly in all kinds of winter conditions. Pretty frigid 
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we wonder if anyone has ever approached Ithaca Boat Tours about a winter 
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-Geo
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